Electrical issue triggers restaurant kitchen smoke alarm, Mcallen TX
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Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a kitchen hood system alarm at a restaurant in McAllen, Texas. No fire was found; the cause was a tripped electrical breaker. Power to the hood system was shut down, and units cleared the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Hidalgo County Public Safety
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00:56
Transcript:
00:00
Rolfs clear, we're going to be dismounting.
00:07
Quint 1 charge 2, put 1 alpha.
00:11
All right.
00:13
Yes sir, I just went ahead and shut down the power to the equipment on that hood system that was on top.
00:21
That's clear, go ahead and show engine 4 alpha, that's probably going to be R1.
00:26
Is it going to be hood number three, hood three?
00:31
It's going to be hood number three.
00:33
Big Donald's like Chief Curtis.
00:39
Go ahead.
00:42
Units were able to discover that it's probably due to a tripped breaker in the fire hood system.
00:49
All areas took no fire was found or trace of it.
00:52
It was controlled by my location.
00:54
Return me units and staging back to service.
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McAllen, TX
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